Parish council tax charges 2025/26

See the 2025/2026 parish council tax charges.

Some areas within Canterbury have parish or town councils and they also ask us to collect their 'precepts'. These are calculated by the parish or town councils and then divided up as follows:

Parish council tax charges for 2025 to 2026
Area Tax base 2025/26 Precept 2025/26 Band D 2025/26 Band D 2024/25 Difference (£) Difference (%)
Adisham 239.24 £14,250 £59.56 £60.56 -£1.00 -1.65%
Barham 556.90 £47,641 £85.55 £82.60 £2.95 3.57%
Bekesbourne with Patrixbourne 368.19 £23,389 £63.52 £62.94 £0.58 0.92%
Bishopsbourne 131.49 £8,700 £66.17 £64.29 £1.88 2.92%
Blean 654.61 £25,000 £38.19 £38.48 -£0.29 -0.75%
Bridge 681.54 £37,000 £54.29 £53.48 £0.81 1.51%
Chartham 1,658.00 £147,955 £89.24 £89.65 -£0.41 -0.46%
Chestfield 1,611.43 £78,586 £48.77 £47.72 £1.05 2.20%
Chislet 351.41 £15,000 £42.69 £42.86 -£0.17 -0.40%
Fordwich 190.02 £12,189 £64.15 £60.70 £3.45 5.68%
Hackington 247.48 £8,705 £35.17 £33.51 £1.66 4.95%
Harbledown and Rough Common 898.81 £21,690 £24.13 £24.59 -£0.46 -1.87%
Herne and Broomfield 3,157.83 £210,140 £66.55 £63.95 £2.60 4.07%
Hersden 693.51 £37,887 £54.63 £60.11 -£5.48 -9.12%
Hoath 224.64 £11,000 £48.97 £45.03 £3.94 8.75%
Ickham 202.72 £18,000 £88.79 £86.40 £2.39 2.77%
Kingston 223.35 £11,000 £49.25 £49.00 £0.25 0.51%
Littlebourne 673.05 £48,023 £71.35 £67.81 £3.54 5.22%
Lower Hardres and Nackington 289.70 £13,000 £44.87 £46.14 -£1.27 -2.75%
Petham 325.35 £16,590 £50.99 £49.96 £1.03 2.06%
Sturry 1,990.61 £115,969 £58.26 £53.56 £4.70 8.78%
Thanington 1,001.18 £27,000 £26.97 £25.84 £1.13 4.37%
Upper Hardres 200.67 £7,931 £39.52 £36.42 £3.10 8.51%
Waltham 230.71 £8,300 £35.98 £37.86 -£1.88 -4.97%
Westbere 140.38 £17,312 £123.32 £114.44 £8.88 7.76%
Wickhambreaux 251.20 £16,635 £66.22 £66.67 -£0.45 -0.67%
Womenswold 116.97 £18,266 £156.16 £88.00 £68.16 77.45%

You can download and view parish council tax charges for previous years:

The following councils intend to raise more than £140,000.00 through council tax for the financial year 2025/26:

Herne and Broomfield Parish Council

  Income budget 2025/26
Nature reserves, allotments and recreation £500
Grants awarded £500
Tourism and regeneration £0
Public conveniences £0
Other services £142,630
Transferred to/from balances £66,510
Total precept £210,140

Herne and Broomfield Parish Council website

Chartham Parish Council

  Income budget 2025/26
Nature reserves, allotments and recreation £62,170
Grants awarded £10,000
Tourism and regeneration £0
Public conveniences £11,257
Other services £64,528
Transferred to/from balances £0
Total precept £147,955

Chartham Parish Council website

Percentage changes shown on your bill

Council tax regulations require the percentage increases to be shown to one decimal place. The percentage increases for 2025 to 2026 are:

Precept Band D value £ Percentage increase Percentage increase on your council tax bill
Kent County Council 1,691.19 4.99% 5.0%
Kent Police and Crime Commissioner 270.15 5.47% 5.5%
Kent and Medway Fire and Rescue authority 94.86 5.51% 5.5%
Canterbury City Council 247.05 2.98% 3.0%